I got a message this morning from Eric that he is leaving Kyrgyzstan this morning and headed to Shannon, Ireland. From there he will fly to Fort Riley, Kansas. Basically he should be back on US soil in less than 24 hours! We’re so happy he will be home safe. It’s been a long year and all of us have missed him. He will be coming back with a bronze star for valor.

Today Todd and I took some time to go out to breakfast at First Watch and read the paper. It was by far the most lesirurely breakfast either of us have had in quite awhile. We also checked out Home Depot to try and price out what it will cost to renovate our upstairs bathroom. Todd is going to do it himself when I take the boys out to visit Grandma and Grandpa. Things in our favor are Todd is very handy, the bathroom is very tiny, and we can reuse our tub and just have it reglazed. I will definitely post pictures when it is finished!

So speaking of the boys and our vacation we will be flying out to Seattle on January 5th and returning on January 12th. I’m going it alone and on Southwest. This could be quite an adventure…mommy might need a bottle of wine by the time we get there. Hopefully they’ll both be good!